By the late 90’s, the New Orleans hip-hop sound was represented largely by two big-gun local labels, Cash Money and No Limit. Each had a signature sound dominated by an in-house producer: Mannie Fresh provided the trademark keyboards and quirky grooves for the millionaires of Cash Money, and KLC, of the Beats by the Pound team, established the hard, martial snare sound of No Limit’s soldiers.

Earlier in that decade, though – before that pair pulled ahead of the pack with high-dollar national distribution deals – the burgeoning local rap scene had a lot more players. One in particular, Big Boy Records, for a time had a profile that rivaled the Big Two, dropping early local hits by artists like Partners-N-Crime, future No Limit signee Fiend, Ninja Crew alum Sporty T and Mystikal’s first full-length studio album.

The mastermind behind Big Boy was co-owner and producer Leroy “Precise” Edwards. Beyond his label, Edwards also collected production, writing and arrangement credits throughout the 90’s and 00’s working with Juvenile, on his pre-Cash Money debut “Being Myself,” for the Warlock label, bounce-music pioneer DJ Jimi’s first album, and Rap-A-Lot Records releases from the late Tim Smooth, the Ghetto Twiinz and the Geto Boys’ Willie D and Scarface, among others.

This summer, fans of Edwards’ darkly funky style will have the chance to listen to his work as a whole. “Total Recall,” a curated career retrospective featuring songs Edwards wrote or produced for Juvenile, Mystikal and others.

“Total Recall” is available online July 4 on iTunes and other digital retailers – as well as Edwards’ ReverbNation store, where he also offers T-shirts printed with the vintage Big Boy logo.